I was overstimulated much of the time and could feel not just excitement but a great deal of irritability, disdain and distance.

What I most related to was the ambivalence the author felt as this was something I struggled a great deal with. This essay is beautifully written and much of it especially in terms of the inequalities, the diversities, the wonderful and rotten of New York come shining through. He wrote this essay in 1949 and he wrote about New York of his youth in the 1920s and how it had changed when he went back for a commissioned visit in 1949. White (of Charlotte's Web and Trumpet of the Swan) fame. I read zero on this trip and I posted this on Goodreads and Julie G, a vivacious GR friend DEMANDED I read this lengthy essay by E.B. Throughout each day I vacillated between wanting to extend my stay here to wanting to hop on the next plane, grab my kitty and escape to our quiet country home on the lake. They asked me no questions and through them, my lengthy walks through all boroughs (except Staten Island) I began to get a glimmer of understanding of what makes New York great but also highly flawed. They all shared parts of themselves and their relationship to New York. An upper East Jewish woman who tried to pick me up until my partner came out with teas, a young black woman doing her masters in museum administration, a puerto rican lawyer just to name a few. I chatted with New Yorkers of many stripes, genders, ethnicities and sexual orientations. I watched Shark Tank and Beachfront Bargain Hunt to excess. In our little rented apartment we cooked breakfasts, listened to Bach, Coltrane and Lana Del Rey. I loved exploring Hasidic neighbourhoods in Brooklyn, ate delicious Greek and Italian in Queens and tasty Asian and French in Chelsea and Soho. We explored two beautiful botanical gardens and went to all the large art galleries, museums and of course I had to see Lady Liberty. I was saturated with art, musicals, opera, piano bars and even went to see some obscure metal. This was my first trip and my partner's third. 3 'observant and lyrical reflections stars !!įourth Most Fun Review Written in 2018 Awardįor the past thirteen days we wandered NYC.

Here is new york essay